2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup

Rugby union tournament for European clubs

2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup

Tournament details
Countries|  Belgium
Czech Republic
Georgia
Israel
Netherlands
Portugal
Romania
Spain
Date| 4 November – 22 December 2023
Tournament statistics
Teams| 8
Matches played| 20
Attendance| 6,664 (333 per match)
Tries scored| 153 (7.65 per match)
Final
Champions|  Black Lion (3rd title)
Runners-up|  Tel Aviv Heat

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The 2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup was the third edition of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, an annual rugby union competition for professional clubs and franchises outside the three major leagues of European rugby. This edition of the Rugby Europe Super Cup featured one new addition to the competition, the Bohemia Rugby Warriors from the Czech Republic, who in turn replaced RC Batumi of Georgia, the team that participated in the previous edition of the tournament. For the first time, eight separate nations were represented in the competition.[1]

The Black Lion Tbilisi from Georgia, as winners of the 2022 edition are also competing by invitation in the second tier European Challenge Cup, the first time the winner of the Super Cup has been integrated into the professional EPCR competition.

## Teams

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Nation  | Stadium  | Head coach  | Captain

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Home stadium  | Capacity  | Location
Black Lion | Avchala Stadium  | 2,500  | Tbilisi |  Levan Maisashvili | Merab Sharikadze
Bohemia Rugby Warriors [fr] | Markéta Stadium | 10,000  | Prague |  Antonín Brabec
and Jan Oswald  | Patrik Prucha
Brussels Devils [fr] | Stade Communal de Soignies  | 1,000  | Soignies |  Sébastien Guns  | Robin Vermeersch
Castilla y León Iberians | Estadio Pepe Rojo | 5,000  | Valladolid |  Miguel Velasco  | Mario Pichardie
Delta | NRCA Stadium | 10,000  | Amsterdam |  Gareth Gilbert  | Vikas Meijer
Lusitanos | Estádio Nacional | 500  | Lisbon |  Sébastien Bertrank  | Tomás Appleton
Romanian Wolves | Arena Zimbrilor | 2,300  | Baia Mare |  Eugen Apjok | Nicolaas Immelman
Tel Aviv Heat | Tsirio Stadium*
National Rugby Center*  | 13,331
3,000  | Limassol*
Budapest*  |  Kevin Musikanth  | Prince ǃGaoseb

* Owing to the ongoing war in Israel, Tel Aviv Heat's home matches were played in Cyprus and Hungary

Brussels Devils

Rugby Warriors

Black Lion

Tel Aviv Heat

Delta

Lusitanos

Romanian Wolves

Iberians

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Location of teams of the 2023 Rugby Europe Super Cup.

## Group stage

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The format was mildly rejigged from previous seasons with a 'major' and 'minor' group, rather than two geographical pools, although the distribution was roughly north (Group B) and south (Group A).

The 'major' group, Group A contained the four highest seeds, three of whom qualify for the semi finals. The 'minor' group, Group B, contained the teams ranked 5th to 8th, and the winner of that group became the fourth semi finalist. The aim was to ensure relative competitiveness across the competition.

Tel Aviv Heat played both of its home fixtures outside Israel due to the ongoing conflict in Gaza.

Key to colours  | Advances to the Grand Finals Semi-Finals

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| Advances to the Ranking Finals Semi-Finals

### Pool A

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Pos.  | Team  | Games  | Points  | Tries  | TBP | LBP | Table
points

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Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | For  | Against  | Diff  | For  | Against  | Diff
1 |  Black Lion | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 90 | 46 | +44 | 13 | 6 | +7 | 2 | 0 | 14
2 |  Tel Aviv Heat | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 96 | 72 | +24 | 14 | 8 | +6 | 2 | 1 | 11
3 |  Castilla y León Iberians | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 57 | 90 | -33 | 8 | 13 | -5 | 0 | 0 | 4
4 |  Lusitanos | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 36 | 71 | -35 | 3 | 11 | -8 | 0 | 1 | 1
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point

#### Round 1

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4 November 2023
16:00 GET (UTC+04)

(1 TBP) Black Lion | 39–19|  Castilla y León Iberians

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Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: n/a
Referee:  Cristian Șerban

4 November 2023
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Lusitanos | 23–31|  Tel Aviv Heat (1 TBP)

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Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: n/a
Referee:  Ian Kenny

#### Round 2

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11 November 2023
15:00 WET (UTC+00)

Lusitanos | 0–22|  Black Lion (1 TBP)

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Estádio Nacional, Lisbon
Attendance: 300
Referee:  Keane Davsion

12 November 2023
12:00 CET (UTC+01)

Castilla y León Iberians | 20–38|  Tel Aviv Heat (1 TBP)

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Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
Attendance: 500
Referee:  Shota Tevzadze

#### Round 3

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18 November 2023
19:00 EEST (UTC+02)

(1 LBP) Tel Aviv Heat | 27–29|  Black Lion

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Tsirio Stadium, Limassol
Attendance: 0
Referee:  Luc Ramos

19 November 2023
12:30 CET (UTC+01)

Castilla y León Iberians | 18–13|  Lusitanos (1 LBP)

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Estadio Pepe Rojo, Valladolid
Attendance: n/a
Referee:  Saba Abulashvili

### Pool B

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Pos.  | Team  | Games  | Points  | Tries  | TBP | LBP | Table
points

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Played  | Won  | Drawn  | Lost  | For  | Against  | Diff  | For  | Against  | Diff
1 |  Romanian Wolves | 3 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 167 | 17 | +150 | 25 | 3 | +22 | 3 | 0 | 15
2 |  Brussels Devils | 3 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 89 | 82 | +7 | 14 | 9 | +5 | 2 | 0 | 10
3 |  Delta | 3 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 91 | 72 | +19 | 11 | 12 | -1 | 1 | 0 | 5
4 |  Bohemia Rugby Warriors | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 17 | 193 | -176 | 2 | 28 | -26 | 0 | 0 | 0
Points were awarded to the teams as follows:
Win – 4 points | Draw – 2 points | At least 3 more tries than opponent – 1 point | Loss within 7 points – 1 point

#### Round 1

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4 November 2023
19:00 CET (UTC+01)

(1 TBP) Brussels Devils | 41–12|  Delta

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Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies
Attendance: 582
Referee:  Mike English

5 November 2023
14:00 EET (UTC+02)

(1 TBP) Romanian Wolves | 76–7|  Bohemia Rugby Warriors

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Arena Zimbrilor, Baia Mare
Attendance: 1,000
Referee:  Eugeniu Procopi

#### Round 2

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10 November 2023
19:30 CET (UTC+01)

Delta | 5–31|  Romanian Wolves (1 TBP)

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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 300
Referee:  Saba Abulashvili

11 November 2023
14:00 CET (UTC+01)

Bohemia Rugby Warriors | 10–43|  Brussels Devils (1 TBP)

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Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: n/a
Referee:  Iñigo Atorrasagasti

#### Round 3

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16 November 2023
19:00 CET (UTC+01)

Bohemia Rugby Warriors | 0–74|  Delta (1 TBP)

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Markéta Stadium, Prague
Attendance: 732
Referee:  Ethan Glass

18 November 2023
20:30 CET (UTC+01)

Brussels Devils | 5–60|  Romanian Wolves (1 TBP)

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Nelson Mandela Stadium, Brussels
Attendance: 650
Referee:  Paulo Duarte

## Ranking Finals

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| Fifth place semi-finals| | Fifth place Final

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| 3 December – Soignies| |

|  Delta| 8

| 16 December – Amsterdam

|  Lusitanos| 53 |

|  Lusitanos (a.e.t.)| 46

| 2 December – Amsterdam

| |  Brussels Devils| 29

|  Brussels Devils| 44

|  Bohemia Rugby Warriors| 10 |

| Seventh place final

| 16 December – Amsterdam

|  Delta| 55

|  Bohemia Rugby Warriors| 3

### Semi-finals

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2 December 2023
19:00 CET (UTC+01)

Brussels Devils | 44–10|  Bohemia Rugby Warriors

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Stade Communal de Soignies, Soignies
Attendance: 250
Referee:  Alexandru Ionescu

3 December 2023
12:45 CET (UTC+01)

Delta | 8–53|  Lusitanos

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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 100
Referee:  Ethan Glass

### 7th place final

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16 December 2023
15:00 CET (UTC+01)

Delta | 55–3|  Bohemia Rugby Warriors

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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 150
Referee:  Paulo Duarte

### 5th place final

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16 December 2023
12:00 CET (UTC+01)

Lusitanos | 46–29 (a.e.t.)|  Brussels Devils

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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 150
Referee:  Iñigo Atorrasagasti

## Grand Finals

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| Semi-finals| | Final

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| 2 December – Tbilisi| |

|  Black Lion| 41

| 22 December – Tbilisi

|  Castilla y León Iberians| 0 |

|  Black Lion| 27

| 2 December – Budapest

| |  Tel Aviv Heat| 17

|  Tel Aviv Heat| 31

|  Romanian Wolves| 6 |

| Bronze final

| 16 December – Amsterdam

|  Castilla y León Iberians| 17

|  Romanian Wolves| 41

### Semi-finals

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2 December 2023
14:00 GET (UTC+04)

Black Lion | 41–0|  Castilla y León Iberians

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Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 800
Referee:  Ru Campbell

2 December 2023
13:30 CET (UTC+01)

Tel Aviv Heat | 31–6|  Romanian Wolves

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National Rugby Center, Budapest
Attendance: 500
Referee:  Andrew Cole

### Bronze final

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16 December 2023
18:00 CET (UTC+01)

Castilla y León Iberians | 17–41|  Romanian Wolves

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NRCA Stadium, Amsterdam
Attendance: 150
Referee:  Sulkhan Chikhladze

### Cup Final

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22 December 2023
15:00 GET (UTC+04)

Black Lion | 27–17|  Tel Aviv Heat

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Avchala Stadium, Tbilisi
Attendance: 1,500
Referee:  Andrew Cole

## See also

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* 2023–24 European Rugby Champions Cup
* 2023–24 EPCR Challenge Cup

## References

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1. ^ "Rugby Europe has confirmed the details of the third season of the Rugby Europe Super Cup, its club competition for the emerging rugby unions in Europe". 6 July 2023.

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